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A preliminary psychometric study of the Turkish Schema mode inventory-forensic (SMI-F)

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The Schema Mode Inventory was the first tool that was developed to assess schema modes (SMI; Young et al., 2007). Recently, the SMI was expanded to also assess forensic modes (Bernstein et al., 2014). The main purpose of the current study was to test The Schema Mode Inventory – Forensics’ (SMI-F) reliability and validity. The sample consists of (n = 1271) volunteer undergraduate students across various universities from Turkey. The sample consisted mostly of females (77.5%). The mean age of the whole sample was 20.43 (SD = 2.16, range = 18-57). In order to test the psychometric properties of the SMI-F, we carried out confirmatory factor analysis, multiple regression analysis, correlational analyses for test-retest, and calculated the correlations and internal reliability coefficients. Overall, the results revealed that the SMI-F has satisfactory levels of reliability and validity and might be useful for research and clinical purposes. In conclusion, the inclusion of the forensic modes in this version makes the inventory more comprehensive in reflecting recent developments in the Schema Therapy Model. It could be possible to assess a wide variety of coping modes and formulate a treatment plan for the general population and forensic patients with the SMI-F.

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  1. During the submission process of the current manuscript, a study on the Turkish SMI short version with 14 subscales and 118 items has been published by a different research group (Aytaç, Köse Karaca, & Karasomanoğlu, 2020). The current study has been conducted on the SMI-F with 19 subcales including 5 forensic subscales and a total of 174 items. The scale has been translated into Turkish as a whole to maintain translation integrity. The current study is completely independent from the aforementioned work.

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  1. Department of Psychology, İstanbul Şehir University, İstanbul, Turkey

    Gonca Soygüt

  2. Department of Counseling and Guidance, Dumlupınar University, Kütahya, Turkey

    İ. Volkan Gülüm

  3. Department of Clinical and Psychological Science, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Ayşe E. Ersayan, Jill Lobbestael & David P. Bernstein

  4. Department of Psychology, Koç University, İstanbul, Turkey

    Ayşe E. Ersayan

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Soygüt, G., Gülüm, İ.V., Ersayan, A.E. et al. A preliminary psychometric study of the Turkish Schema mode inventory-forensic (SMI-F). Curr Psychol 42, 11403–11414 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-02436-6

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